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May 21, 2007

Three Named to All-South Region Baseball Team

TAMPA, FL – Catawba College placed three players on the 2007 ABCA/RAWLINGS All-South Region Baseball Teams. Zach Evans (Greensboro, NC), Jerry Sands (Clayton, NC) and David Thomas (Winston-Salem, NC) were each named to the second team. In addition, Thomas was selected as the Rawlings South Region Gold Glove centerfielder.

Evans batted .403 for the Indians, finishing the year at first base after starting at shortstop over the first month of the season. The senior hit 15 home runs and drove in 51 runs and had an on-base percentage of .496 which stands as the 10th best season average in school history. Evans also recorded four saves and holds the school mark with 26 in his career.

Sands, a sophomore outfielder, led Catawba with 21 home runs and 55 RBI. He added 15 doubles and had a .776 slugging percentage, ranking as the ninth best season total for an Indian. Sands batted .349, led the squad with 64 runs scored and drew a record 51 walks.

Thomas, a junior outfielder, batted .381 on the season and led the team with 19 stolen bases. He hit a dozen homers, with 20 doubles and five triples, and collected 50 RBI. Thomas was second on the team with 62 runs scored, setting the school career mark in just his third season with 200. In the outfield, Thomas made just one error in 121 attempts with three assists and had a .992 fielding percentage. He has just two errors in his career.